Jam 3:13 | TNotes | STEP | 3:13 If you are wise and understand: The wisdom that comes from God (1:5 ) is not mere intellectual skill nor the collection of information, it is practical insight and spiritual understanding which expresses itself in moral uprightness, as described in 3:17-18 (see also Job 28:28 ; Prov 1:2-4 ; 2:10-15 ).

c3:17-18►

dJob 28:28►

eProv 1:2-4►

f2:10-15►

‏ James 3:13

3:13 ^a If you are wise and understand: The wisdom that comes from God (1:5 ^b) is not mere intellectual skill nor the collection of information, it is practical insight and spiritual understanding which expresses itself in moral uprightness, as described in 3:17-18 ^c (see also Job 28:28 ^d; Prov 1:2-4 ^e; 2:10-15 ^f).